Attachment for children&#39;s carriages



F. PETERS. ATTACHMENT {0R CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-24, 1920.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

// INVENTOR [P575288 ATTORNEYS FREDERICK PETERS, YORKQNUY.

ATTACHMENT ron CHILDRENS cARRIAGEs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed August 24, 1920. Serial No. 405,598.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, FREDERICK PETERS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, Long Island City, borough ofQueens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Attachment for Childrens Carriages, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements inchildrens carriages, and it pertains more particularly to an auxiliaryseat for devices of this character.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide anauxiliary seat for childrens carriages which is adapted to be attachedto the carriage and move therewith.

It is a further object of the present invention to so construct a deviceof this character that the carriage to'which it is attached will not besubjected to undue strain due to the carrying of the extra passenger.

It is a further object of the presentinvention to so construct a -deviceof this character as to render it readily attachable to and detachablefrom a childs carriage of ordi nary construction.

With the above and other objects in view, reference 'is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing theattachment in place;

Fig. 2 is a detail top plan view partly in section of the-front portion.of childs carriage, with the attachment in place thereon;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4: is a sectional View taken onthe line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 10designates a childs carriage, and 11 designates the front axle thereof.A device constructed in accordance with the present invention comprisesa substantially U-shaped metal frame 12, the sides of which areconnected at their front end by means of bars 13. Near their centralportion these bars 13 are downwardly bent as indicated by the referencecharacter 14, to provide angularly depending arms 15.

These angularly depending arms 15 provide the means for attachment ofthe frameto a supportlng wheel 16, by means of a bolt or the like 17passing through perforations 1n the lower ends of the arms 15. Carriedby the bolt 17 and projecting vertically therefrom, is an invertedU-shaped member 18 forming a supporting means for a foot rest 19, whichfoot rest 19 is secured to the inverted U-shaped member 18 by means ofbolts 20.

Carried by the frame 12 and secured thereto in any desired manner, as bymeans of bolts, screws, or the like, is a platform 21. Mounted on theframe 12 are inverted U-shaped springs 22, and said springs are securedin position by means of bolts or the like 23. There is one of thesesprings 22 on each side of the platform 21, said springs forming thesupporting means for the seat 24.

The device is adapted to be attached to the front axle 11 of a childscarriage, and

' to provide for its attachment to said axle,

a plurality of U-bolts 25 are employed, said U-bolts engaging around thefront axle 11 of the carriage, and having the free end of the legs ofthe bolts passed upwardly through the platform 21 and the-frame 12 andclamped in position by means of nuts or the like 26.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that when the U-bolts are passedaround the axle 11 and the nuts 26 positioned there on, the device isrigidly clamped about the front axle of the childs carriage, and thatupon movement of the carriage the auxiliary seat will be moved inunison-therewith. The

front wheel 16 of the attachment serves to support the major portion ofthe weight, thus relieving the childs carriage from undue strain.

By this construction, it will be seen that the use of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention permits of theaccommodation of an. extra passenger when desired, the device beingcapable of detachment when it is not desired to use the same.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination with a childs carriage, an auxiliary seat comprising aplatform, a single wheel for supporting the forward end of saidplatform, a seat carried by the platform, and means carried by the rearend for securing the platform to the front axle of the platform fordetachably securing said of the carriage, means for supporting the rearend to the forward axle of the carriage forward end of said platform,and passenger- 10 a to which it is attached. carrying means resilientlymounted on said 2. A device of the character described platform.

comprising in combination. with a child s carriage, a platform, aplurality of U-bolts v FREDERICK PETERS.

